Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Corinthians 11:21
I speak with regard to reproach, as though we had been weak — I say, "Bear with me," even on supposition that the weakness be real which they reproach me with.
I speak with regard to reproach, as though we had been weak — I say, "Bear with me," even on supposition that the weakness be real which they reproach me with.
2 CORINTHIANS 11:21 hvsqenh,kamen {B} The Committee considered the witnesses that support the perfect tense to be of greater weight than those that support the aorist tense. After hvsqenh,samen, a fe...
Verse 21. _I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH_] Dr. Whitby thus paraphrases this verse: "That which I said of _smiting you upon the_ _face, I speak as concerning_ the _reproach_ they cast upon you as pro...
I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH - I speak of disgrace. That is, says Rosenmuller, “I speak of your disgrace, or, as others prefer it, of the disgrace of the false apostles.” Doddridge regards it as a q...
2. ANSWERING HIS ADVERSARIES. HIS BOASTINGS. CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The Danger Through False Teachers. (2 Corinthians 11:1)_ 2. Answering His Adversaries. (2 Corinthians 11:7) 3. His Boastings of Labors a...
COMPARISON BETWEEN PAUL AND HIS OPPONENTS (_cf._ 2 Corinthians 11:6). Under the pressure of intense feeling he will break through his inclination and self-imposed resolve of silence, to let his charac...
Again I say, let no one think me a fool. But, even if you do, bear with me, even if it is as a fool that you do bear with me, so that I too may boast a little. I am not saying what I am saying as if t...
THE PERIL OF SEDUCTION (2 Corinthians 11:1-6)...
AS CONCERNING. according to, or by way of. Greek. _kata_, as in verses: 2 Corinthians 11:15; 2 Corinthians 11:17. REPROACH. shame. Greek. _atimia_. See Romans 1:26. THOUGH
St Paul permits himself to enumerate his labours for the Gospel's sake 18. _after the flesh_ See note on _after the Lord_, and Philippians 3:4. Also note on ch. 2 Corinthians 10:3. St Paul means afte...
_I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak_ Literally, AFTER reproach (or dishonour, see ch. 2 Corinthians 6:8, and see note on 2 Corinthians 11:17), "to my reproach" (Stanley), or pe...
ἨΣΘΕΝΉΚΑΜΕΝ (אB 80) rather than ἠσθενήσαμεν (DFGKLMP). 21. ΚΑΤᾺ�, ὩΣ ὍΤΙ ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ἨΣΘΕΝΉΚΑΜΕΝ. See critical note. _By way of_ DISHONOUR (2 Corinthians 6:8) _I speak, as though we_ HAVE _been weak_. This...
GLORYING ABOUT HIS SERVICES AND SUFFERINGS...
16–21. Like 2 Corinthians 11:1-6, these six verses are ‘again’ introductory to the glorying which follows, apologizing for the folly of it....
_ BOASTING DONE WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE -- 2 CORINTHIANS 11:16-21:_ Paul did not want these brethren to think he was a fool. But even if they did accept him as a fool he needed to boast a little. Paul u...
ΚΑΤΆ άτιμίαν (G2596; G819) к стыду. Здесь Павел говорит с иронией (RWP). ώς ΌΤ подобно этому; то есть "подобно тому, что говорили эти люди" (Hughes), ΉΣΘΕΝΉΚΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΆΣΘΕΝΈΩ (G19) бы...
I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH,— _Do I speak this by way of dishonour, as if we ourselves were weak? Surely, in whatsoever any one else may be confident,_ (_I speak it in folly_) _I also am confident....
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 11:16-21 a. I say again, Let no man think me foolish; but if ye do, yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little. 17 That which I speak, I...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Unaccredited, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 16 I repeat, let no one think me foolish; but even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17(What I am say...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's Labors and Sufferings Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 11:21-33. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Is...
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. AS CONCERNING REPROACH - rather, 'by way of self-disparagement.'...
20 Paul's patient and forbearing behavior among them was in striking contrast to the course of his detractors. They treated the Corinthians like slaves, while Paul served them like a slave. They devou...
_(B) 11:1-15. DEFENCE OF HIS GOSPEL AND OF HIS INDEPENDENCE_ St. Paul says that he also will now boast a little, for he is as much an Apostle as those whom they prefer. If he refuses monetary support...
AS CONCERNING REPROACH] RV 'by way of disparagement.' 'I admit to my own shame that I was incapable of acting as such an one.' The words are, of course, ironical....
PARAPHRASE. 'I confess to my shame I was far too weak, as they call it, to act in that way. But if there is to be boasting, I am a fool and can boast too. (22) Are they of the chosen race claiming Abr...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 11 V1 I will now write some words about myself, like those fools who recommend themselves. Be patient, and you will under...
I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH, AS THOUGH WE HAD BEEN WEAK. — Better, _I speak it as a matter of reproach to myself, as though we were weak._ The irony becomes more intense than ever. He has named the...
CHAPTER 25 FOOLISH BOASTING. 2 Corinthians 11:7 (R.V) THE connection of 2 Corinthians 11:7 with what precedes is not at once clear. The Apostle has expressed his conviction that he is in nothing inf...
κατὰ ἀτιμίαν λέγω κ. τ. λ.: _by way of disparagement, sc._, humbly of myself, _I say that we, i.e._, I myself, ἡμεῖς being ironically emphasised, _have been weak, i.e._, I have not attempted to enforc...
HIS APOSTOLIC LABOURS AND TRIALS....
CONSTRAINED TO SILENCE BOASTERS 2 Corinthians 11:10 In vivid language, which proves how greatly he had been moved, the Apostle contrasts the false teachers who were injuring his converts with himself...
Having thus stated the true grounds of glorying, and being about to make his boast (such action having been made necessary by the opposition), the apostle has so little love for it that he commences w...
VERSE 21 Paul had spoken to them in meekness while in Corinth which had been misunderstood to be weakness. Now, Paul will show the boasters his superiority; but it will all be wasted since he was call...
I speak as concerning (l) reproach, as though we had been (m) weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly), I am bold also. (l) As if he said, "In respect of that reproach which they...
I speak according to dishonour, as if we had been weak in this part. The interpreters are divided on this verse; the sense seems to be, I speak what others took upon as dishonourable in us, that we ha...
(16) I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. (17) That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly...
illing them to overflowing, though surely not to cease in the ages to come. "Unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,...
21._Nay, in whatsoever. _Paul had asked, why the Corinthians showed more respect to others than to him, while he had not been by any means weak, that is, contemptible. He now confirms this, because, i...
In Chapter 11, jealous with regard to his beloved Corinthians with a godly jealousy, he carries yet further his arguments relating to false teachers. He asks the faithful in Corinth to bear with him a...
I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH,.... These words may be considered either as explanative of the latter part of the former verse, "if a man smite you on the face"; that is not to be understood strictly...
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. Ver. 21. _As though we had been weak_] _i.e._ Worthless and spiritl...
_Seeing that many glory after the flesh_ In circumcision, Jewish extraction, and other outward privileges and qualifications; _I will glory also_ In the same manner; nor can my seeming folly offend yo...
I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH; or, I speak by way of dishonor, as if admitting the truth of the reproaches cast upon me by my enemies. This, however, he does not admit, as he proceeds to show. ANY I...
I SPEAK AS CONCERNING REPROACH, AS THOUGH WE HAD BEEN WEAK. HOWBEIT, WHEREINSOEVER ANY IS BOLD, (I SPEAK FOOLISHLY,) I AM BOLD ALSO....
The apostle's commendation of himself:...
If it seems strange that Paul asks the Corinthians to bear with a little folly in him, yet let us still remember that it is God who inspires him to write as he does. Paul considered it folly to speak...
16-21 It is the duty and practice of Christians to humble themselves, in obedience to the command and example of the Lord; yet prudence must direct in what it is needful to do things which we may do...
I speak as to those reproaches they cast on me, who am by them represented to you as though I were weak and contemptible; as indeed I am, as to my person, but not as to my doctrine, and the miracles I...
I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also. [You encourage me to talk foolishly, for it pleaseth you to indulge...
2 Corinthians 11:21 shame G2596 G819 say G3004 (G5719) that G5613 G3754 we G2249 weak G770 ...
‘I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.' By saying this he is disparaging them for bearing with fools who ar...
PAUL DEFENDS HIS APOSTLESHIP AND COMPARES HIMSELF WITH HIS OPPONENTS (2 CORINTHIANS 11:1). An exact determination of who the visiting preachers were who constituted the new grave threat to Paul's mini...
2 Corinthians 11:21. I SPEAK BY WAY OF DISPARAGEMENT, AS THOUGH WE HAD BEEN WEAK. YET WHEREINSOEVER ANY IS BOLD (I SPEAK IN FOOLISHNESS), I AM BOLD ALSO. ‘I refer now to the reproach cast upon me, as...
BY WAY OF DISPARAGEMENT (κατα ατιμιαν). Intense irony. Cf. 2 Corinthians 6:8.AS THOUGH (ως οτ). Presented as the charge of another. "They more than tolerate those who trample on them while they cr...
CONTENTS: Paul's godly jealousy for Christ's cause. Warning against false teachers. Paul's enforced boasting. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Satan, Eve, Abraham, Aretas, governor of Damascus. CONCLUS...
2 Corinthians 11:1. _Bear with me a little in my folly;_ for I must glory a little when the advocate of self-applause. I know it is folly for a man to applaud himself; and I doubt not but you will bea...
WE WERE TOO TIMID! "What a shame! I was too timid to treat you like that!" JUST AS DARING. He now boasts on their own level....
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:20 STRIKES YOU IN THE FACE. A reference to the Jewish opponents insulting the Gentile Corinthians, probably by literally striking them (see...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 11:21 HEBREWS 1:1 refers to Jewish ethnicity; ISRAELITES refers to being God’s cho
_I speak as concerning reproach._ This belongs to the preceding. The "smiting on the face" spoken of is here explained to be mental, not physical consisting in the ignominy and revilings cast, as it w...
CHAPTER 11 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. After declaring his love for the Corinthians, he proceeds (ver. 4) to defend his apostleship against the false apostles, pointing out that they had bestowed no...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 11:16. AGAIN.—After 2 Corinthians 11:1. “You can very well let a foolish fellow like me be in the fashion, and do a bit of boasting.” 2 Corinthians 1
AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING. EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting (2 Corinthians 11:1). He is not afraid of comparisons ...
Let's turn to II Corinthians, chapter eleven. Paul's authority as an apostle has been challenged in the Corinthian church by certain Jewish teachers who had come in behind Paul, as they so often did,...
2 Corinthians 10:1; 2 Corinthians 10:10; 2 Corinthians 10:2; 2 Corinthians 11:17;...
As concerning reproach [κ α τ α α τ ι μ ι α ν]. Better, Rev., by way of disparagement. Intensely ironical. Yes, you have borne with these enslavers and devourers and smiters. I could never ask you to...